هَلْ تَعْرِفُونَ أَحَدَا   

هَلْ تَعْرِفُونَ أَحَدَا

أَحَرَّ مِنِّي كَبِدَا

أَحَرَّ مِنِّي كَبِدَا

Do you know anyone

Do you know anyone

whose liver burns more fiercely than mine?

With a more burning liver than mine?

أُمْسِي فَأَلْقَى نَكَدَا

أُمْسِي فَأَلْقَى نَكَدَا

أَضْحَى فَأَلْقَى نَكَدَا

أَضْحَى فَأَلْقَى نَكَدَا

I reach evening, and encounter misery;

I spend my evenings in sorrow

I reach morning, and encounter misery.

I greet the dawn in sorrow

أَطْوِي نَهَارِي مُتْعَباً   

أَطْوِي نَهَارِي مُتْعَباً

أُحَيِّي الدُّجَى مُسْهَدَا

أُحَيِّي الدُّجَى مُسْهَدَا

I fold away my day, exhausted;

I end my days exhausted

I greet the darkness, sleepless.

And wake to the gloom worried

أَنَا الصَّبُورُ الجَلْدُ مَا

أَنَا الصَّبُورُ الجَلْدُ مَا

بَالِي عَدِمْتُ الجَّلَدَا

بَالِي عَدِمْتُ الجَّلَدَا

I, the patient, the steadfast—what

I used to be patient and steadfast

ails me? I have lost my fortitude.

Now I have lost all patience

شَقِيْقُ رُوْحِي مُنْذِرٌ   

شَقِيْقُ رُوْحِي مُنْذِرٌ

يَا لَيْتَنِي لَهُ فِدَى

يَا لَيْتَنِي لَهُ فِدَى

My soul's brother, Mundhir—

My brother’s soul warns me

oh, if only I were his ransom!

Oh how I wish I could redeem him

عِلَّتُهُ أَلِيمَةٌ

عِلَّتُهُ أَلِيمَةٌ

تُذِيبُ قَلْبِي كَمَدَا

تُذِيبُ قَلْبِي كَمَدَا

His illness is painful;

His condition is painful

it melts my heart with grief.

Melting my heart like fire

كُنْتُ شُجَاعاً وَأَخَافُ   

كُنْتُ شُجَاعاً وَأَخَافُ

الْيَوْمَ مَا يَأْتِي غَدَا

الْيَوْمَ مَا يَأْتِي غَدَا

I was brave, but I fear

I used to be brave, now I fear

today what tomorrow will bring.

What tomorrow will bring

يَا وَلَداً يَا وَلَدَا   

يَا وَلَداً يَا وَلَدَا

يَا وَلَدَا يَا وَلَدَا

يَا وَلَدَا يَا وَلَدَا

O child, O child!

Oh son, oh son

O child, O child!

Oh son, oh son